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Old 05-07-2010, 10:13 PM   #841
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What I mean is, if they use the front legs it's a punch. If they use the hindlegs it's a kick.

That's my interpretation of this post, but I could be wrong.
I wouldn't read it that way. Particularly taken in context of the definitions of limbs provided in Characters. A leg is something you locomote on, and kicks are attacks with legs.
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Old 05-24-2010, 03:37 PM   #842
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I'm not sure if this has come up yet, as it seems kind of obvious:

Sea Legs The character negates up to -4 in penalties for actions undertaken while standing on rolling, shifting, or canted footing. If the character must roll to avoid falling down under such circumstances, the character has a +4 bonus to that roll. This Perk is most appropriate for an Age of Sail or Swashbuckler campaign.

Alternately, one might introduce a Lubber Quirk. The character suffers a -2 to physical tasks undertaken while on a rolling, shifting, or canting ship. In especially severe cases (bad weather, ship-to-ship combat) the GM may require a DX roll to avoid falling.
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Old 05-24-2010, 05:11 PM   #843
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I'm not sure if this has come up yet, as it seems kind of obvious:

Sea Legs The character negates up to -4 in penalties for actions undertaken while standing on rolling, shifting, or canted footing. If the character must roll to avoid falling down under such circumstances, the character has a +4 bonus to that roll. This Perk is most appropriate for an Age of Sail or Swashbuckler campaign.
Too strong. A +2 or to negate up to -2 is more than enough.
The Naval Training perk and the Sure Footed perk gives us two good measures of bonuses and penalties negated.
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Old 05-24-2010, 05:15 PM   #844
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Clean and Polished: Your weapon or weapons are always free of defects, marks, and stains. This makes them immensely presentable, which may grant a +1 bonus on Merchant rolls to sell them, or on Reaction checks against those that have an interest in your weaponry. You must take regular care of your weapon(s), or have someone that can perform the maintenance for you.
does Standard Operating Procedure reflect such cleaning/maintenance?
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Old 05-24-2010, 05:37 PM   #845
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does Standard Operating Procedure reflect such cleaning/maintenance?
I see no reason why not. You'll still lose the benefits of Clean and Polished in a situation where you can't have been maintaining the gear, but you'll get the benefit of the doubt as to when you can have been.
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Old 05-24-2010, 05:40 PM   #846
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That works for me, allowing that provision, I'd keep the perk
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Old 05-27-2010, 12:57 PM   #847
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15) Fonzie Ignition System: A thump of the hand gets jukeboxes to play, lights to flip on and car engines to rev. Any simple machinery will start working with a slap, so long as nothing is majorly wrong with it. (It may even resolve a "rolling" TV image!)
In our game we called this the Han Solo slap!
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Old 06-20-2010, 03:42 AM   #848
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does Standard Operating Procedure reflect such cleaning/maintenance?
It can, yes.
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Old 06-20-2010, 01:54 PM   #849
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7) Can run in high heels at full speed without penalty or accident. A Perk for all the would-be Linda Carter types out there. (Of course, the opposing -1 Quirk for "damsels in distress" of both genders would be "trips and falls after running 10 yards at full speed, regardless of footwear.")
This would've been great for Eddie Izzard...


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